Reviews

Personal Histories: Video

Thank you for your excellent Video Biography of my father. I was especially grateful for the care and understanding with which you handled personally sensitive issues. It’s a moving and poignant portrait of who he was, and will be of great value for the generations to come.

Alan Lightman: Physicist and Author - “Einstein’s Dreams”

Personal Histories: Video

Over 2 years, I had the pleasure of working with Verissima to create videos which showed many facets of our grandmother’s life. The final products were amazing! They will be invaluable in teaching our younger generations things about this remarkable woman that they never had the opportunity to know. Our family will cherish them for years to come. Thank you Pam and Rob!

DM / Austin

Personal Histories: Video

I feel so fortunate to have worked with Rob and Pam to document my father’s life in pre-war Poland and his story of survival. Their film will serve not only to educate our family, but also our community, for years to come, about the effects of the Holocaust on those who lived through it. The feedback from those who have seen it has been overwhelming.

Ida Eleazar / Memphis

Personal Histories: Video

I’d like to thank Rob and Pam Cooper of Verissima Productions who created this wonderful tribute to my parents. Their integrity, commitment to quality, and research to make sure that it was truly reflective of who Joella and Stewart Morris are was just phenomenal.

Lisa Morris Simon / Houston

Personal Histories: Video

With strokes of pure magic, they put together an assortment of photos, music and interviews that has succeeded in capturing my life’s experiences and charming everyone who has seen it.

Simon Wittes / Sarasota, FL

Personal Histories: Video

I just watched the Academy Award deserving film about Clint Pearson…I was so impressed by the production values of the film; it was highly professional and beautifully done. Color, sound, clarity, editing, composition, etc. were all fabulous.

Kaywin Feldman - President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Personal Histories: Video

We’ve watched it many times and are so blown away by it. The combination of shots, pictures, music is just overwhelming! You both have done such a masterful job and we deeply appreciate it.

Jeanne & Henry V / Memphis

Personal Histories: Video

When my mother saw it, she said: "This is fantastic! They must have spent hours finding the pictures related to my life: The Paramount where we spent Saturdays...the creek where my Dad and I went fishing...I am so thankful Judy decided to do this legacy for future generations.” I'm delighted she chose Verissima to preserve our family’s precious memories.

Judy H / New York

Business Histories

In a deep way, they "got" our four-generation newspaper family…and they turned that understanding into a sensitive and professional work of art that preserves something very precious to us.

Alex S. Jones - Dir. Emeritus, Shorenstein Center, Harvard University

Business Histories

I was literally stunned by the skill and painstaking care with which they wove together reams of interviews, photos, etc., into a multi-generational history of our business and our family. It’s a real masterpiece and will be equally important for our employees and our clients.

Timothy Warren, Sr. - former CEO, The Warren Group

Business Histories

I wanted to leave the values I’ve held and the lessons I’ve learned for future generations of my family and others. Verissima Productions told my story in a way that I believe will inspire them to follow in my steps.

Joe Corcoran - Mixed Income Housing Pioneer

Business Histories

Rob and Pam genuinely cared about understanding our family and our company, the relationship of one to the other, and telling that story clearly and well. They have done it with excellence and given us a priceless family heirloom.

Tim Warren, Jr - CEO, The Warren Group

Business Histories

You have captured the essence of what The Warren Group is all about. Thanks for your skill and dedication to this project. It is a real masterpiece that will be equally important for our employees and our clients.

David Lovins - President, The Warren Group

Business Histories

We were transfixed watching the history of our family come to life. It was a tour de force of editing, pulling together all the aspects of the story with original local music that kept it rolling along. It was brilliant, far exceeding our high expectations.

John Jones - Editor, The Greeneville Sun

Organizations

They immediately understood who we were, and that sensitivity guided the entire production. They listened to our input, but also provided guidance about what would produce the best result. It has been highly effective tool for our school in Honduras to communicate with donors in the U.S.

Liz Kinchen - Director, El Hogar Ministries / Honduras

Organizations

Verissima Productions created memorable vignettes of 12 early graduates of Portia Law for our centennial. They worked in close collaboration with us on all aspects, which helped ensure our satisfaction with the way our story was told. Even the most elderly interview subjects came alive on screen, and the product was beautiful.

Anne Acton - Director, Law Library, New England Law | Boston

Organizations

I’ve worked with Verissima Productions on several projects and have been consistently impressed with the experience and the results. Our awareness video, "The Gift of Freemasonry," has been regularly and enthusiastically applauded. When it comes to creating thoughtful, emotional, and informative narratives, Verissima makes it happen!

Robert Huke - Dir. of Communications, MA Grand Lodge / Boston

Organizations

EVERYBODY was so impressed and moved!!! From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you both for putting such care and expertise into transforming our mediocre photos and challenging interview responses into such a stellar, beautifully crafted and polished video.

Claudia Bell - Founder, Quest Adventures

Organizations

…One moment you could have heard a pin drop, the next laughter filled the air, and afterwards there were tears of joy…the people of Calvary told their story, and Pam & Rob had captured it heart and soul.

Laura Trott - Dir. of Communications, Calvary Church / Memphis

Organizations

Congratulations! I just love it! I am now aware of all the moving parts involved in such creating such a superb and comprehensive document. You presented our history with a magical touch.

Polly Flansberg – Founder, Boston by Foot (40th Anniversary Video)

Organizations

We couldn’t be happier about our collaboration with Verissima Productions. They struck just the right balance between supporting our ideas and improving upon them. The final product, which we used as a promotional and fundraising tool for our project, has helped us engage contributors across the country, and opened possibilities we could not have imagined.

Anne Gottlieb - Artistic Director, The Etty Project.

Organizations

Thank you for the excellent work you did in documenting the Cornerstone Rededication Ceremony at the Statehouse. It has been appreciated by Masons all over the Commonwealth, and will be an important historical resource for our Fraternity for years to come.

M.W. Harvey Waugh - Grandmaster of Masons in Massachusetts

Broadcast & Educational

Verissima Productions’ “Citizens Not Subjects!” brings legendary political boss E.H. Crump to life by skillfully combining archival images and interviews at PBS quality. Audience response has been so enthusiastic that we will re-broadcast as key element of our upcoming Pledge Drive.

Michael J. LaBonia - President & CEO / WKNO-TV

Broadcast & Educational

Your film about Samuel Bak, “The Art of Speaking about the Unspeakable” is an invaluable tool for our curriculum in schools across the country. You were able to get to the essence of the artist and his work, and present it with skill, understanding and aesthetic value. We’ve received consistently positive feedback from teachers and even students who have used the film.

Marc Scvirsky - V.P. of Programs / Facing History and Ourselves.

Broadcast & Educational

From our first meeting, we knew we had found the right people to get this done for our brothers on The Sullivans. They brought together groups from each generation of crew and used their words to tell the story. As I sat in a roomful of veterans watching the film, I saw tears come to their eyes. Thanks for helping bring our experiences on The Sullivans back to life. Well done!

Harry Nelson and Bill Galarneau - U.S.S. The Sullivans DD537

Broadcast & Educational

I still marvel at your command of so many characters and events documented in your film about Boss Crump. It should be an important part of the education of everyone who lives here, or anywhere there is a need to preserve participatory democracy.

Broadcast & Educational

You captured the essence of the political situation in mid-twentieth-century Tennessee. It was highly informative and entertaining, and will no doubt become an important historical resource.

Fred Graham - former Correspondent / CBS News

Broadcast & Educational

The film brought back many feelings for me. Pam and Rob had their heart and soul into Zamir. Pam was a sweet and gentle interviewer…and made it easy for me to answer difficult questions.

Carol Tellerman - Member of the Hazomir Chorale / Lodz, Poland

Broadcast & Educational

Your film about Samuel Bak is a powerful and illuminating document that puts into perspective the philosophical, personal, historical and artistic aspects of this extraordinary man.

Christa Singer - Creative Director / TV Ontario

Broadcast & Educational

I am happy to know that the excellent work you did on my art will exist on video. Your film is a document of standing value… compact, informative and essential. It deserves to be as accessible as possible.

Samuel Bak - Renowned Artist / Wellesley, MA

Broadcast & Educational

"Samuel Bak: The Art of Speaking About the Unspeakable,” continues to teach and inspire many people, even after 10 years.

Bernie Pucker - Owner, The Pucker Gallery / Boston

Broadcast & Educational

It’s wonderful! I wish that all of our Jewish communities, particularly in the South, could be told as well as that…as evenly and understandingly as that. It should be distributed in lots of places. I think it would be a good lesson for us all.

Janice Rothschild Blumberg / Atlanta

You Can Take It With You: Histories of Places and Things

Our Cape house has been in the family since the 1930’s and we wanted to document the essence of what we’d enjoyed for four generations. Pam and Rob captured the story beautifully Now, even though we are selling the house, we can keep our house and our memories forever.

Judy S / Sharon, MA

You Can Take It With You: Histories of Places and Things

We’re grateful to have our personal documentary of our love affair with our Lovell homestead. Now that it is no longer in the family, showing it to our children -- and they to theirs -- to see, listen and feel the emotion will preserve our experience in ways simple photos cannot.

Peter W / Camden, ME

You Can Take It With You: Histories of Places and Things

Pam and Rob made Mom completely comfortable about talking through the events of her life and elicited all the classic family stories that mean so much to us. They catalogued and captured the stories of special objects in our family’s history which will be invaluable for future generations. Through the DVDs, our family can continue to enjoy my mother.

Brewster W / San Francisco, CA

You Can Take It With You: Histories of Places and Things

I grew up with a lifestyle that no longer exists. Thanks to Pam and Rob’s skillful combining of old photos and new footage of our former home, I felt as though I had returned to my childhood…and now my grandchildren will have a sense of what it was like live in a Summer Home in the 1940’s.

Del D / Rhode Island

You Can Take It With You: Histories of Places and Things

We hope we won’t have to sell our “country home” …but if we ever do, we’ll know that future generations will be able to experience it with all the history we remember and all the beauty we enjoy now.

Honey S / Memphis

You Can Take It With You: Histories of Places and Things

The old saying is that three moves are the same as a fire. Thanks to Pam and Rob documenting the stories of important objects and heirlooms I had to discard when I downsized, I have my memories to remind me of the full life I led as a younger person…and my grandchildren will know me that way, too.

Gloria H / Chicago

Personal Histories: Books

I loved having the opportunity to read about the people who have been important in your life, knowing or having heard of them. Your book is inspiring, informative, contextualizing and entertaining.

Sid F / Baltimore

Personal Histories: Books

It has given us no end of enjoyment and thought provocation, it’s educational, revealing about your life, and just plain fun. They really captured your essence.

Richard K / Memphis

Personal Histories: Books

Thank you for sharing your life story in such a clear and comprehensive way. We always admired you, and now have some real insight into your personal, business and civic lives.